The empirical basis of color perception

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 609-629

  Lotto, R Beau ^a,b   Purves, Dale ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0036906259     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8100(02)00014-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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